Luggage carrier



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M. G. ANTON LUGGAGE CARRIER Filed May 10, 1924 ATfORNEY Patented July 14, 1925. 1.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARK G. ANTON, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERsEY, ASSIGNOR TO MARK ANTON MANU: FACTURING COMPANY, OF RELLEVILLE, NEW JERsEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

LUGGAGE CARRIER.

T 0 all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, MARK G. ANTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at East Orange, in the county of Essex and mobile running board possessing characteristics and advantages-among which may be noted the following: A device of the nature set forth of the simplest and cheapest pos sible construction consistent with strength, durability, and reliability; one that maybe carried as a permanent attachment to the vehicle and which may be extended upward from its plane of attachment with the running board for luggage carrying purposes or collapsed downward flush with or below the tread surface of the running board when not required for luggage carrying purposes and where it will constitute in effect a part of the running board and upon or over which a person may step in entering or leaving the vehicle, and other features of construction or advantage will be referred to hereinafterz' With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists in the arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed, and while the invention is not restricted to the exact details of construction disclosed or suggested herein, stillfor the purpose of illustrating a practical embodiment thereof reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters designate the same parts in the several views, and in.

I from the-plane of the line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a similar view in collapsed position.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary partial plan and partial section on the line 55 of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a vertical transverse sectional detail on the line 6-6 of Fig. 2. i

Fig. 7 is a detail view of one of the attachment lugs. 1 j

Referring now more specifically to the drawings I show my improved luggage car rier as of the type which I am making extensively, the same comprising a pair of upper and lower bars 10 and 11 of equal predetermined length and consisting preferably of steel angle members or their equivalent. The upper bar has a flange 1O lying in a horizontal plane and a flange 1O depending from the front edge thereof, while the lower or fixed bar 11 comprises a horizontal flange 11 and a vertical flange 11 extending upward from the rear edge there of so that when the upper bar is moved downwardinto folded or nested position the four flanges form practically a hollow square and each effectively reinforces the other, adding materially to the rigidity and strength of the construction whereby a person entering or leaving the car may safely tread directly upon the nested construction.

As a convenient means for securing the device to the running board B I provide a plurality of clips 12, preferably one for each end of the structure and each in the form of a rectangular U, the crotchportion of which is fixed by means of a strong rivet 13 to the vertical flange 11 of the lower bar. One lug or jaw of the clip embraces the tread surface or top of the running board while the other lug or jaw extends beneath the running board and has extending through it a locking member such as a screw 14 which when tightened upward against the bottom of the running board makes a strong and permanent attachment, or as permanent as desired for practical. purposes. 1 H

Adjacent to each end of the structure is a toggle comprising upper and lower links 15 and 16 respectively pivoted to each other at 17. The upper end of the f upper link is pivoted at 18 to the depending flange l0 while the lower end of the lower link is shown as pivoted upon the rivet 13. These points of connection between the toggle linksand the main bars being: in vertical planes=offset from'each other, I'have constructed the links with offsets preferably adjacent to the bar connections as shown at ,Fig. 5,- sothat each link has two end soon to appear.

or main portions lying in substantially parallel planes and with the two portionsof the two links adjacent to the pivot 17 connecting them close together-for avpurpose To extend the device for carrying purposes 'the'upper bar 10 is sim- See Fig. 2; In folding over the joints at'the pivots 17 are broken inward toward each other so that the-toggle links'assume theposition shownin Fig.5 between-or within the two anglebars.

*Any suitable 'lattice work or auxiliary bracing-means may be provided between the twomain bars. For thlspurpose 1 llltllcfiie' 'l'pairs'oflazy tongs 18- and 19having their -ends; pivoted or movably connected to the upper and lower --bars respectively. The

upper ends of the-links 18 are pivoted 'at 20 --upo1r a-'-str0ng lug 21 having a shank fitted j-"in the horizontal flange 10 near the-free edge thereof and depending vertically i therefrom. This lug 21 is made preferably as a stamping of-sheet 'metalof uniform thick-* ness a-ndprovided with a transverse hole 21. *The- 'lower-'or' remote ends of the links "18' are fitted'with pins 22' projecting rearward horizontally througl'r slots 28 formed 1 in 'the "vertical fl-ange 11 of the lower bar. 7 The other links 19 are similarlyconstructed and are pivotedat their adj acent ends {upon a i pivot24textending through alug 21 fitted' "in the 1 front edge portioir of the horizontal fi'an'ge ll 'offthe maiitbar, and-the remote ends/of theselinks'19 are-fitted with guide pins 22 operating in slots 23"fo-rmed longitudinally: al'ongthe vertical flange 10 of the upper bar. Each pair of links 18 and 19 are 'their'c'enters at-2t. *T'he lazy tongs or'pairs" furthermorejointed or-pivoted together 'at' of links '18 andY19. serve not only as guards or closures for the luggage carrier, serving i ff t ally' the-luggage in place,

but alsothey constitute supplemental-braces or truss membersfor the entireconstruction,

co-operating. with. the toggles at the ends for" maintaining the parts in proper operaftive correlation and with the bars 10' and 11 in' parallelism. -WVhen'the togglesare broken inward at their-joints 17, the upper i'bar 10 will collapse directly downward "'bodilytoward t'he position shownin Fig! 1 and with "the'toggles and lazy tongs nested neatly and compactly between the main bars. The pins 22 and 22 at the ends of the lazytongs during the collapsing of the device glide along the slots '23 and 23 as will be readily understood. The two lugs 21 and the links pivoted thereto respectively lie parallel toeach other in the nested position between the two main bars, the lugs being fastened to: the respective'bars close enough to their free edges to permit this nesting, and thei offsets 15 of the toggle links provide ample clearance for the remote ends of the. truss links at. the. sides of the toggle: articulations atv 17.

I claim:

- 1. A-luggage' carrier as set forth comprising, in combination a relatively fixed lower bar'having a horizontal flange and a'rear vertical flange, an. upper bar movableidownward toward and upward from the fixed bar and comprising a horizontal flange sub stantially meeting the upper edge of the 'aforesaid vertical flange when thezdevice is collapsed and having also a downwardly projecting vertical flange substantially meeting the free edge 'of the first'mentioned horizontal flange and a plurality of I pairs of toggle links, the links'of each pair being articulated together and with their remote ends articulated to the resp'ective. vertical the folded device, and-- auxiliary bracing lmks being provided whose remote ends'lie between --saidclose portions I of Y the toggle links and the respective" vertical flanges of 'thebars.

25 111 a luggage carrier, the combination of a relatively fixed lower bar having a horizontallower flange,- a relatively movable upper b'ar-having a horizontal fiangeg a pair of rigid- =lugs fixed to .the respective hori zontal flanges aforesaid sons to project up ward and downward "111' close parallelism to each other when the device is collapsed; and a pluralityof-bra'cing and truss links articulated to one another and to the respective bars and foldable into close I nested position between the bars when-collapsed,-certain of paid links'being connected in pairs-to said ugs. Y

35A fold-able luggage carrieras'set forth comprising a 1 plurality of substantially parallel members 'movable toward each other and inclosely parallel planes, aw plur-alityof bra-cing'a-nd truss li nks p i-vote'd to-said members for holding them spaced fro-nrea'ch other, anda-p'air of -lugs secured to-said members and I in spacedrelation thereto and adapted to lie side by side w-hen said carrieris folded, said links being pivotally connected to'said-lugs. I V,

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

" MARK armor; 

